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Ben Johnston Wayne Zage Dolores Zage

Ben Johnston Wayne Zage Dolores Zage. Status Report Sponsor: Rockwell Collins and Emerging Media Initiative. LifeWerx Goal: Develop a functional and secure 3-D virtual collaboration environment to enhance the everyday professional work experience. Project Themes: In-house Secure

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Ben Johnston Wayne Zage Dolores Zage

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  1. Ben Johnston Wayne Zage Dolores Zage Status Report Sponsor: Rockwell Collins and Emerging Media Initiative

  2. LifeWerx Goal: Develop a functional and secure 3-D virtual collaboration environment to enhance the everyday professional work experience

  3. Project Themes: • In-house • Secure • Full internal control

  4. History of LifeWerx: • Originally funded as a SERC project by Rockwell Collins • Based on Project Wonderland, a Sun Labs open source virtual world • Began with work on version 0.4. • Summer internship at Rockwell Collins • Change to version 0.5 required a new evaluation of project priorities

  5. Comparison between versions :

  6. Some of the changes in 0.5 : • Java3d -> jMonkeyEngine • MTGame multi-threading engine • Module system allowing for extensions to the virtual world in a clean manner • Automatic deployment control via JNLP / modular builds • Web-based administrative interface • More robust experience

  7. Features we didn’t need to make in 0.5: • Enhanced avatar customization • Real-time security module

  8. The unspoken killer app: Desktop Sharing • What is desktop sharing? • In 0.4 we built LifeShare, a standalone program to allow for desktop sharing • Complex system involving VNC server, VNC->RDP bridge (via xrdp ported to Windows) and RDP clients • Maintenance was difficult and it did not integrate well • With 0.5 we had to start over

  9. The new LifeShare: • Embedded VNC server to share to the X11 App Share • Built-in proxies for network configuration and security concerns • Wonderland’s Sun Application Sharing engine, to display and allow interaction in-world • Custom plug-in to handle communication and synchronization issues

  10. Architecture Diagram:

  11. A screenshot of the new Lifeshare:

  12. Future Steps: • Finish work on Lifeshare including proper shutdown hooks and proxies • User testing for usability and performance concerns • Future funding?

  13. Questions and Comments?

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